Law And Order: SVU One Shots

Forgotten Memories

A groan left her lips as she her eyes slowly fluttered open. All she could see was the blur of what she assumed were trees and a gray and gloomy sky. It took her several long moments of just staring at the trees and sky before she was able to sit up slowly.

Then all of a sudden it hit her. She grew beyond scared of where she was, especially since she had no clue at all of where she may had landed or where she had come from.

On shaky legs, she stood and turned around several times as the sounds of honking followed by sirens filled the air. Her hands quickly went over her ears and she let out a whimper as she grew overwhelmed.

"She has just been rocking back and forth for over an hour. We saw her and noticed the bruises on her arms." A person spoke, as they stood with a few officers and watched as the woman continued to rock herself back and forth on the grass.

"Okay, thank you for reporting it. We can take it from here." Elliot spoke from where he stood beside his partner, Fin.

"What do we do?" Fin asked, as they kept their distance and watched the woman.

"If we freak her out more, she may close down completely. For all we know, she may have something mentally wrong with her. So just move slow and use soft voices." Elliot replied, but he was unsure. He had dealt with his fair share of sick people, but this one didn't seem the same to him. 

Elliot took a few slow steps to the woman before squatting down in front of her. He reached out and softly touched her knee.

"Ma'am, I'm Detective Elliot Stabler. I'm here to help you, so please don't be scared of me." Elliot breathed, as the woman's rocking slowed down. She hesitantly let her hands fall from her ears before opening her eyes and locking them with Elliot's.

They stared at each other for a moment before Elliot smiled.

"Can I help you?" Elliot asked softly, as Fin shifted back and forth as he waited for the woman to trust Elliot and let them take her back to the precinct.

"I'm so scared."

"It's okay to be scared. Can you tell me why?"

"N-no." She struggled, as tears slipped down her cheeks.

"Why not?"

"I don't know why I'm scared... I just know I am."

///

The precinct was just another overwhelming place for Jane Doe. No one knew who she was, and her face never came up on any New York database.

"Here you go, Jane." Elliot spoke, as he passed a bottle of water to the woman. 

"Do I look like a Jane?" She mused, and Elliot chuckled softly and shook his head.

"No, not really. But all unknown people are either John or Jane Doe. It's your name for now." Elliot smiled.

He sat across from the brunette and watched as she opened the bottle of water before sipping it slowly. She cringed slightly as the cold liquid went down her throat.

"Does it hurt?" Elliot asked, and Jane sighed.

"Kinda. I don't know why."

"Can we do an exam of you? Like draw some blood and maybe do a full exam? Like x-rays and internal and external exams?" Elliot mused. Jane bit her lip before shrugging.

"You couldn't find me anywhere, so why would an exam help at all? It's like I was just dropped here, that I was thrown away."

"Hey, don't say you were thrown away. You aren't a bag of garbage, Jane. I promise that we will figure something out, if not, there are resources to help you get back on your feet."

Jane went quiet as Elliot tried to not look directly at her. He felt so bad for this woman, especially since she didn't know who she was, and it may take weeks or months to search through missing persons and find her. But that is only if whoever she is was loved and missed.

"I'll go with you." Elliot offered, and Jane nodded hesitantly.

"Please don't leave me." 

"I promise you that I won't."

///

Jane decided to change her name to Olivia not long after she was found, and her reasoning was that it felt more like her. The exam didn't come up with much minus a healed scar from a c-section and screws and a plate in her leg from when it had been broken.

Elliot searched whenever he could get free time in hopes of finding Olivia's family, especially the child that she must have had before she got lost and then found.

While Elliot was searching, Olivia was living her life in Elliot's world. She lived in his spare bedroom and went to therapy to try and figure out what happened. Olivia got a job at a grocery store and explored different classes to see if she could discover a secret talent that may led to her original identity.

"Hey, Liv." Elliot smiled, as he walked into his apartment. Olivia was sitting cross-legged on the sofa, a thick book held tightly in her hands. 

"Hi." Olivia replied, her eyes never leaving the page.

"Olivia, you really need to stop reading. That is the third book you have read in the last few days." Elliot laughed, as he moved to where she sat and pulled the book from her hands. He tucked her bookmark into it as Olivia huffed and turned to look at him.

"Mister, I was reading that. I love to read, which doesn't make me unique, but it makes me happy. It takes me to places I have never gone before." Olivia spoke, her voice dripping with sass.

That was another thing that Elliot had noticed at the stranger who had become one of his closest friends.

"C'mon. I brought home dinner. Join me."

They sat together in Elliot's small kitchen and ate pizza together. Olivia listened to everything that Elliot had to say, and she was almost mesmerized by the man sitting in front of her. But it was more than just an intense interest in him, Olivia felt something more for him.

"I know something about myself." Olivia blurted out, as Elliot grab a napkin. He wiped his mouth off quickly before looking at her.

"Really? Did you figure it out in therapy or-"

"I don't know what my life was before... if I was married or how many kids I may have... but whatever was there before isn't here now. Especially because before I didn't know you, and I wasn't falling in love with you." Olivia spoke, as she tried her hardest to not look at Elliot. She didn't want to see him laughing quietly about her  boldness.

"I'm glad you are here, Liv. You are one wonderful weirdo that I'm kinda falling for too." Elliot smiled before reaching out grabbing Olivia's hand. He brought it to his lips before kissing her knuckles gently.